Members of the Ardeton Quartet
Sarah
Eales - 1st Violin
Originally from Manchester, Sarah
is a busy freelance violinist who has worked across the UK since graduating with
a Postgraduate Diploma from the RWCMD in 2003. She performs regularly at the
Aldeburgh Festival and Snape Proms with the Britten-Pears Orchestra, and is on
the extras list of the Orchestra of the Swan in Stratford. Sarah has
recently appeared as Principal 2nd Violin with the Arion Orchestra in
London and Reading, which included performing as Soloist in a Vivaldi Concerto
Grosso for a concert in St. James, Piccadilly. Sarah has also recently worked
with the Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, the
Southern Sinfonia, the Emerald Ensemble, the Regency Sinfonia, and the Welsh
Chamber Orchestra.
As
violinist and founding member of the Ardeton Ensemble, Sarah has given
chamber and solo recitals in Manchester, Bristol, the ‘Pulse’ Fringe
Festival in East Anglia, and most recently a performance of Brahms' Clarinet
Quintet at the Oakham Festival in Rutland.
Whilst at the RWCMD Sarah studied
with Lucy Gould of the Gould Piano Trio, and was selected to work with the
BBC National Orchestra of Wales on the Orchestral Placement scheme. Sarah
was also a section leader for the College Symphony and Chamber Orchestras,
and performed in Masterclasses with Krzysztof Smietana and Phillipe Graffin.
Sarah has her own website here>>
Rebecca
Harte - 2nd Violin
Originally
from Manchester, Rebecca is a talented violinist who received a Postgraduate
Diploma in Music from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Having previously received a
BMus degree from the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music, she has studied the
violin with Dara de Cogan, Nic Fallowfield (Viva), and Nic Whiting (BBC National
Orchestra of Wales). Whilst at the RWCMD Rebecca was a frequent principal player
and also gained the opportunity to play with the BBC National Orchestra of
Wales.
A
busy freelance musician, Rebecca has played with many UK orchestras, including
English National Ballet, the Carl Rosa Touring Opera, Savoy Opera, National Symphony Orchestra and the
English National Orchestra. Rebecca is also a Recipient of the Future Reach
Award from the Morgenstern's Musicians Diary Service.
January
Tewson - Viola
Born
in Kent, Jan studied Viola with Sheila Veryard at the specialist Kent Centre
for Young Musicians before studying Music at Bristol University. January then
received a distinction in the Advanced Diploma at the Royal Welsh College of
Music and Drama before studying with Howard Davies.
Now based in Gloucestershire, January is in demand and an orchestral violist around the country and Europe, playing with Midlands Sinfonia, The British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, The European Chamber Ensemble, the English National Orchestra, the English Baroque Orchestra and the Boston Sinfonia, as well as touring with the Opera Project and freelancing with many other ensembles. She has also played on backing tracks and incidental music for BBC Programmes, including the drama 'Score', and independent film companies.
Dury Loveridge - Cello
Dury
is an experienced cellist and regular performer at the Aldeburgh
Festival and the major UK concert halls. A member of the Britten-Pears
Orchestra for 6 years, he has also played with the British Concert Orchestra,
Sinfonia Cymru, National Musicians' Symphony
Orchestra and the British Police Symphony Orchestra. His work in musicals include credits as principal cellist
for productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, Crazy for You, and West
Side Story. His media work includes an appearance on a BBC Commission for
the Birmingham Film Festival 2001 called "Percussion", the
soundtrack for the Independent Film "The Last of the BrylCreem Boys",
and Principal Cellist on an episode of the BBC's "Dalziel & Pascoe". Dury
also recently wrote and performed the string arrangements for Cardiff-based
singer Tanya Walker on her Fopp records EP The
Changing Me.
Dury received a Master of Arts degree from the Birmingham Conservatoire in 2001, where he was Principal Cellist of the Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia, Pelleas and Thallein Ensembles. He also played in masterclasses with Jane Salmon (Schubert Ensemble) and Rohan de Sarum (Arditti Quartet). Prior to this, Dury was an active performer and composer during his undergraduate studies at the University of Birmingham. Specialising in Contemporary performance and composition he had his orchestral work "...on the passing of time..." premiered at the Summer Festival of Music, and in Summer 2004 was solo cellist for a chamber ensemble at the Aldeburgh Festival, premiering works by Young Composers.
Dury is also the web-designer and musical arranger for the quartet, as well as having his own website here>>
Occasionally
it can become necessary to play with a different line-up of players for an event. Unlike most other quartets we only use substitute players who have a
long-standing history of playing with the quartet. This ensures that the
Ardeton Quartet always plays at its highest standard. Substitute players are
drawn from the pool below, and normally only ever for 2nd violin and viola.
2nd Violin:
Joanne Buckland -
Joanne joined the quartet not long after its inception and is now back in South Wales after a year in London. She has appeared in concerts with the Quartet in Cardiff and studied at Pro Corda with us. Joanne has played with Welsh National Opera, National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, Sinfonia Cymru and the National Symphony Orchestra amongst others, as well as playing with a number of String Quartets.
Jonathan Cowell -
Jonathan studied with Professor Dona Lee Croft at the Royal College of Music and later the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Jonathan was one of the founding members of the Ardeton Quartet, and currently performs in both the UK and Sweden whilst qualifying as an teacher of the Alexander Technique.
Viola:
Rachel Johnson -
Rachel undertook postgraduate studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire with International Soloist Rivka Golani. She has played with Orchestras across the UK including the Britten-Pears Orchestra, has entertained on cruise ships, and has taken part in many chamber music masterclasses, including courses in Israel.
Rachel is also a founding member of our sister-group, The Ardeton Ensemble. More information on Rachel can be found here.